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by alternatex 3y ago
I think most code coverage analysis tools are smart enough to consider flow control statements. At least when it comes to C# ones.
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by alternatex 3y ago
They do that and everyone moves to WhatsApp or Telegram. Your comment ignores the whole private chat app landscape.
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by alternatex 3y ago
Majority of users don't have phone numbers?
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by alternatex 3y ago
They want the address book because if you don't have engagement promotion features like that, there is no way to ever become remotely popular in the chat app space. Why is the security a joke? The data is e2e encrypted, and isn't
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by alternatex 3y ago
Actually they moved onto UWP, then they moved onto WinUI 3. Now all this talk about MAUI but they have done zero dogfooding of it. People are sceptical of WinUI 3 but at least they used it in Windows 11.
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by alternatex 3y ago
Then you just have Beeper. It costs a lot of money to maintain bridges to these messaging apps. It's not sustainable to have all of them in a single app.
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by alternatex 3y ago
All cloud hosting is "somebody-elses-server". Serverless is more like "pay-per-function-call" in which case Azure Functions has a pretty appropriate name. Also, the cost of renting databases has nothing to do with newnes
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by alternatex 3y ago
As someone doing full-stack PHP in 2014 I'm not sure about that. SO was filled with bad advice for PHP and JavaScript. It was so bad you could use it as a guidebook for writing outdated insecure code.
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by alternatex 3y ago
Google hasn't built one and the generic ones aren't all that great.
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by alternatex 3y ago
If a loved one dies I will also not think to blame Google Maps for the negligence of local government.
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by alternatex 3y ago
Sounds like the transition from OOP to functional. It feels opposite before you become comfortable.
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by alternatex 3y ago
The difference is you cannot make it inaudible for people around you whereas you can with using software like this.
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by alternatex 3y ago
As someone who loved Knockout when the only alternative was jQuery, I can't wait for it to die. Same for jQuery and any other library that we've found better alternatives for. I'm surprised by the number of people swearing by
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by alternatex 3y ago
Alright but the types are a wholly different language and cannot be parsed by JavaScript linters. Same as Svelte. People need to learn Typescript in order to use it, it does not come naturally. I don't understand how the same argument
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by alternatex 3y ago
React is one of the few popular libraries well known for it's lack of opinion. Every React project is different and it's hard to consolidate developers on how things should be done. If you want common ground you'd go for Angu
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by alternatex 3y ago
Most front-end devs already use a translation layer - Typescript. So I don't understand the need to draw an arbitrary line between what can and cannot be used to make a good web application.
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by alternatex 3y ago
Virtual DOM offers nothing but slowness. If I can get the same things without it why would I need it. It's a solution to a problem compilers like Solid and Svelte don't have so it's so odd to see someone argue for it. Like co
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by alternatex 3y ago
GraphQL is also a great way to create maintenance and performance problems for your future self. There's no silver bullet. Future problems are better solved by developers living in the future.
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by alternatex 3y ago
Which one do you use? All of them went through breaking changes. Also, I'm pretty sure "radical" was referring to the performance improvements, not API/syntax change. Svelte has very simple syntax, there isn't much
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by alternatex 3y ago
First time I'm seeing anyone suggest that MFA and biometrics are less secure than a password. Also you have to consider that companies like Google, Apple, Microsoft, are making decisions based on what's good for most users, not a
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by alternatex 3y ago
Interestingly not supported on Firefox Android. It's the first time I come across an add-on that doesn't work on both.